Long Island Arts Alliance Presents First Scholar-Artists Awards
April 23, 2008
(Long Island, N.Y.) The first Long Island Arts Alliance (LIAA) Scholar-Artists Awards were presented Sunday April 6th, 2008 to 20 outstanding high school age artists from Nassau and Suffolk counties. The event took place at Tilles Center for the Performing Arts of Long Island University, and it was hosted by Laura Savini, Vice President of Marketing and Communications for WLIW/21 TV. Speakers included John R. Bransfield, Jr., President of the Roslyn Savings Foundation and LIAA Chair, Paul Fleishman, Vice President of Public Affairs for Newsday, Roger B. Tilles, New York State Regent, founder of the Arts Alliance, and Chair of its Advisory Board, and Dale Lewis, Executive Director of Usdan Center For the Creative and Performing Arts. The event presented high school seniors accomplished in Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Dance and Media Arts, a select group of “the best of the best” chosen by panels of Long Island arts educators. They were named LIAA Scholar-Artists from a pool of more than 100 candidates nominated by Long Island’s public school districts, and by private and parochial schools. The Scholar-Artist Selection Committee chose one monthly award-winner from each county. Since September 2007, the winning students have been individually profiled in monthly Scholar-Artist features in Newsday, and in expanded coverage on Newsday.com.
The Long Island Scholar–Artist Awards are presented by Roslyn Savings Foundation in cooperation with Newsday. The program is endorsed by the New York State School Music Association, the New York State Art Teachers Association, the Nassau and Suffolk chapters of the New York State Council of Administrators of Music Education, and the Nassau and Suffolk Art Supervisors Associations
The 2008 Long Island Arts Alliance Scholar-Artists and their school districts are:
- Matthew Ahl, West Babylon
- Heather Burian, Syosset
- Cady Chaplin Hewlett-Woodmere
- Bi Choi, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK
- Samantha Degen, Seaford
- Brie-Anna Desiderio West Islip
- Sam Dix, Hewlett-Woodmere
- William Doyle, Syosset
- Adrienne Drenckhahn Lindenhurst
- Gabrielle Flores, Lindenhurst
- Katherine Hughes, Port Washington
- Jae Lee, Hicksville
- Andrew Leiman West Islip
- Gregory Modelewski, Harborfields
- Jung Woo Nahm, Half Hollow Hills West
- Melissa Rapelje Glen Cove
- Alana Rosen, Lynbrook
- Marissa Schildt Longwood
- Maurice Tompkins, Islip
- Ilana Ventura, Half Hollow Hills East
In addition to the top honors, a second group of outstanding students won Awards of Excellence at the Scholar-Artist event. This group was composed of the following students:
- Hana Abrams
- Vanessa Acero
- Aleksander Arcabascio
- Andrew Barsky
- Matthew Bellina
- Anne Brady
- Alyssa Brown
- Tiffany Cheng
- Alexandra Christodoulou
- Shannon Connors
- Mairead Daniels
- Stephanie DeLucia
- Stefan Dezil
- Gabriela Espinal
- Sarah Faitell
- Maris Finn
- Max Garett
- Tala Ginsberg
- Gabriela Gonzalez
- Nina Gramaglia
- Christine Jaeger
- Meggan Kent
- Sharon Kitzis
- Tyler Lee
- Katelyn Liesner
- Ryan Louie
- Brittany Melton
- Courtney Miller
- Steven Miller
- Adam Nadler
- Stephanie Park
- Amy Persaud
- Tara Pesce
- Jacqueline Petriello
- Michelle Polifrone
- Priya Saxena
- Jamie Sklar
- Monica Vitti
- Gabriella Wilkens
- Eunice Yeung
The Long Island Arts Alliance began in 2002, when the Long Island Association asked prominent community leaders to participate in an examination of the region’s assets, growth opportunities, and challenges. Roger Tilles assembled the heads of Long Island’s not-for-profit arts institutions to report to the Association’s Goals Conference as Chair of its Arts and Culture Committee. Anticipating projects beyond the scope of this committee’s charge, Mr. Tilles suggested the creation of an Island-wide Arts Alliance. LIAA was born, and it now boasts a membership of 60 arts organizations, including Long Island’s universities. Among LIAA’s first initiatives was an economic study to document the impact of the arts on our economy. Announced in 2004, the study revealed the not-for-profit arts community’s significant impact on the Long Island community. LIAA sponsors events to provide Long Island’s arts leadership with opportunities for professional education, collaboration, and communication. The Scholar–Artist Spotlight program is LIAA’s latest initiative, designed to provide Long Island’s talented student artists with recognition for their individual and collective accomplishments.
The Long Island Arts Alliance Board is composed of: John R. Bransfield, Jr., Chair • Roger Tilles, Advisory Board Chair. Additional Directors are Beth Levinthal, Dale Lewis (head of the Scholar-Artist program), Maggie Martinez Malito, Elliott Sroka, Karen Petry, LIAA Administrator, Timothy P. Knight, Publisher, President & CEO of Newsday • Paul Fleishman, Vice President of Public Affairs, Deidra Parrish Williams, Director of Community Affairs & Media Relations; Marian Conway, Executive Director of Roslyn Savings Foundation.
The LIAA Scholar–Artist Educators Committee is chaired by Dr. John J. Gallagher, Longwood Schools; Gary Bates, Art League of Long Island; Carol Brown, Eastern Suffolk BOCES; Dr. Judith Chen, Plainview-Old Bethpage Schools; Diana Cook, Middle Country Schools; Louisa Eiermann, Suffolk NYSCAME; Ava M. Favara, Nassau BOCES Long Island High School for the Performing Arts; Kelly Good, Nassau BOCES; Marc Greene, Port Washington School; James Incorvaia, Harborfields Schools; Beth Levinthal, Hofstra University Museum; Dr. Kim Lowenborg-Coyne, North Babylon Schools; Donna Manning, Seaford Schools; Sal Somma, Nassau NYSCAME; Susan Weber, Uniondale Schools.
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Photo: 20 honorees from Nassau and Suffolk at the LIAA Awards on Sunday April 6, 2008
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The Long Island Arts Alliance is doing great things.
We hope future activity holds new endeavors for the creative community on Long Island.
We, The Artists Group, are always blazing untouched territory for arts. Our current project involving several members of the L I A A is in the making. This “new” art form involves Visual Art, live & on stage, as well as, Dance, Music, Spoken Word and an all surrounding ambiance.
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We are honored and very proud to be able to present ARTMOSPHERE Live.
Artmosphere is a living piece of artwork. Long Island performers & composers, Immersion Dance, Jay Ji, Jane Leslie, Matt Flood, Patrick Brady, Maxwell Corydon Wheat Jr. and Andrew Leipzig (http://planetzig.com) has joined the cast to help create Artmosphere, LIVE, to the concept & artwork of Debra Ann Kasimakis.
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Tilles Center & The Artists Group do it again.
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Tilles Center to host the First Long Island Fringe Festival
A CALL TO ENTERTAINERS
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Are you ready to participate? Do you have enthusiasm and chops? The Long Island FRINGE, is coming. It is the crest of Long Island’s live professional avant- garde entertainment wave. How did it happen? The collective buzz about the Long Island arts scene was,” What can we do to make a really BIG splash?”The answer is the long overdue Island phenomenon Experience Long Island, the FIRST LONG ISLAND FRINGE FESTIVAL. We need you and you need us. Together, we present a diverse, talented and unified artistic showcase. Our goal is to wow and inspire the festival attendees. Our venues plus your talent equals an unparalleled theatrical weekend and one that will makes the audience rave, “ENCORE…ENCORE”.
The hub of the festival is the world class stage at Tilles Center for the Performing Arts and will include 15 varied spaces on the C. W. Post campus. The Fringe Festival heralds the lead into the Tilles seasonal performance schedule. Promotion and marketing will be professionally supported. The bottom line is this, fill out an application.
The performance dates are: September 25-27, 2009
The location is C. W. Post Campus of Long Island University in Brookville New York and Tilles Center for the Performing Arts.
Applications are due by January 30, 2009
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You heard all this before, but do you know the background? FRINGE is part of a larger historic entertainment cycle. Once upon a time, in 1947, the Edinburgh International Festival was born. It was the post-war initiative to re-unite Europe through culture. With little media blitz, the festival proved to be so successful it brought in more performers than the physical space allotted. Eight theater companies showcased the first alternative theater event to the very large and appreciative audience. The first Edinburgh Festival became the benchmark for all subsequent International Fringe Festivals. The primary key for each success story was simple. Please the house, give excellent quality and provide diversity in the creative arts. Join us today and help create the next exciting chapter.
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